Mike Lee (R-UT)
Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025
A Republican bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See the cosponsor
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, titled the "Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025," aims to amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004. The primary purpose of the legislation is to require the establishment of an additional Institute within the existing Act. This new Institute would be specifically located in the State of Utah. The bill includes specific instructions to modify the existing legal code to incorporate Utah.
Yes· 3 of 4
- Scored +5
Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?
The establishment of a research institute in Utah is intended to support forest health and wildfire prevention.
- Scored +4
Does this put more money into scientific research?
The bill mandates the creation of a new research institute dedicated to forest health and wildfire prevention.
- Scored +3
Does this invest in rural communities?
The creation of a new research institute in Utah provides investment in the state's research infrastructure.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- Establishment of a Research Institute in Utah: The bill adds the State of Utah as a location for an additional Institute under the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 (Section 2(a)). This provides for a specific entity to exist within the state.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Does this better protect air, water and wildlife? — The establishment of a research institute in Utah is intended to support forest health and wildfire prevention. Does this invest in rural communities? — The creation of a new research institute in Utah provides investment in the state's research infrastructure.
- Education And Technology
- Does this put more money into scientific research? — The bill mandates the creation of a new research institute dedicated to forest health and wildfire prevention.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would people in rural areas be better off under this? — The new institute provides institutional presence and potential economic activity in Utah's rural/forested areas.
- 2/6/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
2 bills Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
John CurtisRepublican · Utah